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Growing up as a TCK has been a gift and has significantly shaped my life and work. As I interact with world leaders one day and with those living in refugee camps the next, I continually draw upon my experience of living among different cultures. I am delighted to see the lessons learned from the traditional TCK experience live on in this new edition of 'Third Culture Kids'.--Scott Gration, Maj. Gen. USAF (RET), President Obama's Special Envoy to Sudan
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Filled with real-life anecdotes, Third Culture Kids examines the nature of the TCK experience and its effect on maturing, developing a sense of identity and adjusting to one s passport country upon return. For many third culture kids, this book will be their first opportunity to discover that they share a common heritage with countless others around the world. Highlighting dramatic changes brought about by instant communication and new mobility patterns, the new edition shows how the TCK experience is becoming increasingly common and valuable. The authors also expand the coverage to include cross-cultural kids, children of bi-racial or bi-cultural parents, immigrants and international adoptees all of this bringing hidden diversity to our world and challenging our old notions of identity and home .
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is essential reading for all parents bringing up children in a culture other than their own.It has excellent practical guidelines on how to prepare children for a cross culture experience and perhaps even more important for returning to their 'home culture' (parent's home culture). With every move there is 'a grief' as we say goodbye to family, friends, pets, places and personal belongings. This book has some very helpful suggestions to make the moving process as painless as possibe. This book should be available in every airport, international schools, foreign service families, armed forces and missionary societies. Having read this book I quickly recommended it to our local International School and I am looking forward to hosting a seminar with David Pollock...
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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This book is absolutely amazing to read for any TCK, or a person "who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside the parents' culture" ("The TCK profile" seminar material, Interaction, Inc, 1981, 1). At first reading the book had been very difficult simply because I was crying so much reading it that I could not even see the letters anymore. This is because that book puts into words what many TCK knew unconsciously but never put words on it, like the feeling of being different and awkward in one own culture, not having a sense of where home is, etc...
The book has a very positive approach to the analysis of TCKs, and will refer to these issues as challenges rather than problems, and gives keys to transform these challenges into useful tools for everyday life. It also outline well the advantages one gains from such an experience, and it will probably help people maximise the use of these particular skills in their life.
It also gives advice about moving abroad by explaining the different emotional steps a person goes through when moving to a new country, and how to deal with relationship issues related to the TCK way of life and many other useful advices.
In addition, it has a great section on what relatives and friends can do to help the TCK with eventual problems that may arise from that particular experience.
I really recommend this book particularly for adult TCKs as it will help them put in words what has been in their heart all along.
The book has a very positive approach to the analysis of TCKs, and will refer to these issues as challenges rather than problems, and gives keys to transform these challenges into useful tools for everyday life. It also outline well the advantages one gains from such an experience, and it will probably help people maximise the use of these particular skills in their life.
It also gives advice about moving abroad by explaining the different emotional steps a person goes through when moving to a new country, and how to deal with relationship issues related to the TCK way of life and many other useful advices.
In addition, it has a great section on what relatives and friends can do to help the TCK with eventual problems that may arise from that particular experience.
I really recommend this book particularly for adult TCKs as it will help them put in words what has been in their heart all along.
31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having read a borrowed copy, I couldn't resist buying one for myself. This is an excellent book for anyone having had to deal with growing up in more than one cultural setting. If you've ever wondered why possessions become so important, why it's harder being 'back home' than it was living abroad, where this constant drive for pastures new comes from or why people seem to think you're stuck-up, then this book is for you! Similarly, if you've had more addresses than you have birthdays or changed schools more often than you care to remember, buying this book could prove to be the best money you ever spent.
I whole-heartedly recommend this book to any parent considering moving abroad, anyone having been shifted from one place to another and anyone dealing with people who have (partners, grand-parents, youth group leaders, teachers,...). Every school, church, mission base and embassy library should have a copy.
An Lannoo
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Insightful look into the world of growing up across cultures
This is an insightful look into what it is like to grow up inbetween or across cultures, either by living overseas, with multi-cultural parents, etc. Read more
Published 19 days ago by E. Lenderking
Excellent book
This book really captures the feelings behind TCKs and makes sense of many of the issues that have affected children growing up into adults. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Pat
Excellent Book for ATCKs
If you grew up in a culture that was not your own you should read this book, however you get it read this book, it will help you understand yourself and your interactions with... Read more
Published 23 months ago by A3KK
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Very good for ex-pat children and parents. As a parent I never realised one of my children felt rootless because of our nomadic life style until he was 38yrs.
Good buy.
Good buy.
Published on 1 May 2010 by nomad
A view of the effect of living abroad with your parents as you grow up
Third Culture Kids is an interesting treatise on the effects on pthe personalities of kids forced (by their parent's decisions) to live outside of their birth country. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2009 by Mr. Peter Carroll
a special heritage
Essential reading for all expat parents and their children. This book resonated so profoundly for me that I bought a copy for everyone in my birth family: children of expats who... Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2008 by D&D
Helpful and informative.
A very positive resource for parents who will be faced with many of these now clearly defined and common issues and experiences. Read more
Published on 16 Aug 2008 by Johnny Leichtmann
Third Culture Kids
This is a must-read for anyone who has grown up in several countries and has been exposed to different cultures or who is bringing a child up under these circumstances. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2005 by "parissa_nahani"
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